PECO Completes $12.3 Million in Upgrades to Suburban Natural Gas Facilities
06 Novembro 2007 - 6:31PM
PR Newswire (US)
Company is Ready to Deliver All Winter Long PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6
/PRNewswire/ -- As temperatures begin to approach freezing and
customers adjust their thermostats because of cold winter weather,
PECO is ready to provide reliable gas service all winter long
thanks to $12.3 million in new system upgrades. PECO's natural gas
distribution system serves more than 480,000 suburban customers in
Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties. The utility has
completed 25 capacity expansion projects, which included the
replacement of 26,000 feet of smaller underground gas main with
larger diameter plastic gas mains to handle increased load and
increased pressure. The company also completed 66 projects to
replace 58,000 feet of cast iron and bare steel gas lines with
plastic gas mains, which has proven to be more durable and easier
to maintain. The system upgrades include $3.6 million in new,
larger gas distribution lines serving customers in Haverford,
Lansdowne, Narberth, Hatboro, Upper Darby, Wynnewood, and Glenside
and $8.7 million for installation of new plastic gas main in
Springfield, Havertown, Narberth, Lansdowne, Clifton Heights,
Villanova, Prospect Park, Darby, Trainer, Warrington, Cheltenham,
Warminster, Bensalem, Norristown, Berwyn, and Coatesville. "PECO
heavily invests in projects each year to ensure our customers
receive safe and reliable gas and electric service," said Craig
Adams, PECO senior vice president and chief operating officer. "We
have a duty to provide safe and reliable service to our customers.
Whether it be electric or gas, we intend to never stop working to
fulfill that commitment." During the past 20 years, PECO has made
significant upgrades to its natural gas delivery system and
expanded capacity, serving about 7,000 new customers each year --
all without an increase in the company's delivery and service
charges since 1988. By saving customers money through the use of
new technologies, increasing sales, operational mergers and other
efficiencies PECO charges remain among the lowest in Pennsylvania.
The investment in upgraded gas distribution facilities is an
example of more than $355 million in capital improvements the
company has made this year in its gas and electric facilities
across the region. PECO's gas distribution system consists of 31
gas gate stations, which connect regional interstate pipelines that
bring gas supplies to the area, and 6,600 miles of underground
distribution mains and more than 6,500 miles of service line.
Throughout the year, PECO will deliver nearly 80 billion cubic feet
of natural gas to local residential, commercial and industrial
customers in suburban counties. Based in Philadelphia, PECO is an
electric and natural gas utility serving 1.6 million electric and
480,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania. In
2006, the company delivered 38.2 million megawatt-hours (Mwh) of
electricity and 76.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas to
residential, business and institutional customers. Founded in 1881,
PECO is one of the Greater Philadelphia Region's most active
corporate citizens, providing leadership, volunteer and financial
support to numerous arts and culture, education, environmental,
economic development and community programs and organizations.
Contact: Cameron Kline PECO 2301 Market Street, S14-1 Philadelphia,
PA 19103 215-841-5555 DATASOURCE: PECO CONTACT: Cameron Kline of
PECO, +1-215-841-5555 Web site: http://www.peco.com/
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